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Hasan kept putting morsels into Ajib's mouth at one time and at

another time did the same by the Eunuch and they ate till they

were satisfied and could no more. Then all rose up and the cook

poured water on their hands; [FN#469] and, loosing a silken

waist-shawl, dried them and sprinkled them with rose-water from a

casting-bottle he had by him. Then he went out and presently

returned with a gugglet of sherbet flavoured with rose-water,

scented with musk and cooled with snow; and he set this before

them saying, "Complete your kindness to me!" So Ajib took the

gugglet and drank and passed it to the Eunuch; and it went round

till their stomachs were full and they were surfeited with a meal

larger than their wont. Then they went away and made haste in

walking till they reached the tents, and Ajib went in to his

grandmother, who kissed him and, thinking of her son, Badr al-Din

Hasan, groaned aloud and wept and recited these lines:-